“Defund the police” is a slogan that supports divesting funds from police departments and reallocating them to non-policing forms of public safety and community support, such as social services, youth services, housing, education, healthcare and other community resources.
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Increase or continue funding and add branches to existing police to include trained mental health workers and other
Add more social workers, counsellors, mental health nurses to attend low risk calls - police should still attend every call. And have police do additional trauma informed mental health education
@B4KR9Y81wk1W
Increase funding for social community based policing within current police force. We need better officers and the right people dispatched for certain types of calls.
@B3FQZNN2mos2MO
No, this is not even about the crime. It goes in the direction of strengthening the military potential of Canada. People who are trained to respond to violence are an additional asset.
@B2CVPM43mos3MO
Maintain current police funding (no increase). Increase funding for mental healthcare workers to accompany police when doing safety checks or responding to domestic calls.
@9RMYX2X9mos9MO
To some degree, yes, but social and community-based programs cannot fully replace police on serious crimes.
@9JRF49L1yr1Y
It depends on the place. Some officers need more money for more training and to learn to be in the feild but there are many programs which are underfunded.
@8VGYF6T4yrs4Y
Increase in police funding as well as Increases for mental health workers getting involved in certain situations.
@8TYMC6Q4yrs4Y
Reduce police budgets and fund other resources like counselling, housing, etc.
@8TCTRHB4yrs4Y
No, part of the funding should be redirected to social and community based programs as well as better respond education for police forces
@8SGVGF64yrs4Y
Yes, but only divert funds that are not essential to carrying out regular services.
@8RJTBVG4yrs4Y
Yes, replace a portion of police with unarmed professional, skill-based responders for non-violent calls, while keeping police for violent calls and improving their training. Reform the police to rid the system of racist and violent cops who protect eachother.
@8QQVC4C4yrs4Y
if directed to proper training to help educate and help fight the current issues
No it should not be redirected but they should find money to spend on social and community issues too.
No, but funding should be increased to social workers that can respond along with an officer to a non-violent or low risk call
@B4PPBZN2 days2D
Every officer should be given training in de-escalation and be required to attempt nonviolent tactics before farce is used.
@B4RBMTL7hrs7H
I think local police should still have some funding but funding should also go to community based programs. Having a balance is good as well as giving the polics a little less power.
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